This event was free to attend for all ages. They had many thing to do for the children. Some examples of what the kids got to do was digging for fossils, coloring, and panning. People learned about what the Wenas Mammoth Foundation was about, and the dig site. The Wenas Mammoth Foundation is not a state or federal program. It is based on donation. You donations help keep this program alive.

There was a dedication for naming the mountain Wenas Mammoth Mountain, and planting of a Ginkgo Tree, (a designated “living fossil”).

People we able to learn about Zoo-archeology (Bones and Skulls), and Geology from Central Washington University. The learned about Cowiche Canyon Conservatory, Kittitas Environmental Educational Network, Yakima Area Arboretum, and Yakima Valley Audubon society.

On Wednesday July 15th, 2015, with the help of others, Perry Tech welding students placed the life size mammoth silhouette they have been working on for the Wenas Mammoth Foundation. It was place off of South Wenas Road in Selah, Washington near the site where mammoth bones were found in 2005.

Wenas Mammoth Foundation President Bronwyn Mayo said, “The Foundation hopes someday to build a museum with a classroom near the dig site”.